How to Read this Issue
Use the color tabs to find the recommended age group for each poem and story. Everything in this issue is family-friendly, but the tabs are a guide for what age group might appreciate a poem or story best.
- = Ages 6+
- = Ages 8+
- = Ages 10+
- = Ages 12+
Poems
In All Things, Give Thanks
by Angel Tate
Favorite Color
by Pat Severin
Sunkissed Hummingbirds
by Elizabeth Wrobel
Grandma’s Bird Bath
by Jason Kirk Bartley
Looking Outside
by Elizabeth Wrobel
Tag-a-Long Song
by Pat Severin
Holding My Heart
by Mike Hall
Teddy Bear Night
by Elizabeth Wrobel
This Takes the Cake!
by Pat Severin
The Bad Dream
by Pat Severin
My First Christmas in Heaven
by Gary Iaboni
Lion
by Robert Funderburk
The Lighthouse
by Marvin Lee
Things Fall in Spring!
by Ann Privateer
Green, Green Grass
by Sandra Arnone
Questions for a Saint
by E. Prout
The Bigger Picture
by Erika B. Girard
Prisoner No More
by Jason Kirk Bartley
Waking From a Nightmare
by E. Prout
Success
by Pat Anderson
Frequently Floundering
by D.A. Cairns
The Naked Heart
by Sandra Arnone
Courage
by Godsfavour Mkpouto (age 15)
Comic
by Pat Anderson
Stories
Interview with a Rock
by Pat Anderson
The Price Tags
by Lorena Keck
Sebastian’s Bastion
by Isaac Bouchard
The Butt Curse
by Rachel Michelle Collier
Sheep and Mountain Goat
by Laryea Nii Laryea
The Nesting Dolls
by Arvilla Fee
Spring Dream
by Lauren N. Simmons
Hard Scrabble Singings
by Luisa Kay Reyes
Recipe
Easy Cheesy Green Bean Casserole
Art
Forest Friends
by Angel Tate
Laughing with Friends
by Nadja Bullis
I Run to You
by Angel Tate
Jungle Animals
by Phyllis Green
Warmth of Friendship
by Nadja Bullis
Spring Cross
by Joshua Dease
Herons with the Cross
by Phyllis Green
Cross Art
by Pat Anderson
Prayers
by Carl Scharwath
Game
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Cover Art: Cross artwork by Pat Anderson.
